diff --git a/ethcore/src/executive.rs b/ethcore/src/executive.rs
index 9d5a8acf7..748582eba 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/executive.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/executive.rs
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ mod tests {
 		let engine = TestEngine::new(5);
 		let mut substate = Substate::new();
 		let mut tracer = ExecutiveTracer::default();
-		let mut vm_tracer = ExecutiveVMTracer::default();
+		let mut vm_tracer = ExecutiveVMTracer::toplevel();
 
 		let gas_left = {
 			let mut ex = Executive::new(&mut state, &info, &engine, &factory);
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ mod tests {
 			],
 			subs: vec![
 				VMTrace {
-					parent_step: 7,
+					parent_step: 6,
 					code: vec![96, 16, 128, 96, 12, 96, 0, 57, 96, 0, 243, 0, 96, 0, 53, 84, 21, 96, 9, 87, 0, 91, 96, 32, 53, 96, 0, 53, 85],
 					operations: vec![
 						VMOperation { pc: 0, instruction: 96, gas_cost: 3.into(), executed: Some(VMExecutedOperation { gas_used: 67976.into(), stack_push: vec_into![16], mem_diff: None, store_diff: None }) },
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ mod tests {
 		let engine = TestEngine::new(5);
 		let mut substate = Substate::new();
 		let mut tracer = ExecutiveTracer::default();
-		let mut vm_tracer = ExecutiveVMTracer::default();
+		let mut vm_tracer = ExecutiveVMTracer::toplevel();
 
 		let gas_left = {
 			let mut ex = Executive::new(&mut state, &info, &engine, &factory);